Phil Lowe. Actor and Theatre Writer

Monday, 24 October 2016

The eagerly awaited Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance [DVD] is now on sale through various outlets including the link above (Amazon). After the recent cinema screening the pre-booked DVD shot straight to the top of the Amazon charts. Fans of the show, old and new seem very eager to get themselves a copy of this dynamic DVD. Click on the highlighted DVD link above or Miss Saigon
DVD image below to see prices and order.

Sunday, 1 May 2016

It has been another
busy old week in the reviewing world of East Midlands Theatre.com
with a mixed collection of shows and concerts to see and review.
Those have included The Rocky Horror Show (touring) at
Nottingham Theatre Royal, Legally Blonde at Curve Leicester,
Citizen Khan at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall and Shopping
and F***ing at Nottingham New Theatre (Nottingham University).

Recent highlights have
been Jodie Prenger in Tell Me On A Sunday at Nottingham Royal
Concert Hall, Kings at Nottingham Playhouse, Oedipus at
Lakeside, A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Lace Market
Theatre, Wipers at Curve Leicester, Noises Off at
Nottingham Playhouse and Jesus Christ Superstar ESNA Players
at Loughborough Town Hall.

Before I go to Germany
in mid May for a theatre twinning event I am down to review
Benefactors at The Lace Market Theatre, Evita -
Christchurch Theatre Club at Loughborough Town Hall, A Midsummer
Night's Dream RSC and Lovelace Theatre, and The Government
Inspector at Nottingham Playhouse. Week beginning Monday 9th
May I will be reviewing two dance shows, Flamenco Edition at
Lakeside and Nederlands Dans Theater at Nottingham Royal
Concert Hall plus Adult Child-Dead Child at Nottingham
Playhouse.

Next week Sardines
magazine are publishing three pieces of my writing; a piece about the
first ever adult amateur production of Cats by Christchurch
Theatre Club; a piece about The Lace Market Theatre's journey to
Karlsruhe and an interview with two of the major lights at Nottingham
New Theatre.

June looks like being
just as full of shows and events to see and review for myself and my
website at East Midlands Theatre.com.

Phil Lowe

PS: Apologies for
recent lack of content on this site. As you can perceive I have been
very busy with my writing and also holding down a full time job to
pay the bills!

Sunday, 28 February 2016

I am aware now that I haven't been as hot on keeping a record on here of my theatre activities since December so this listing may be a bit link by link. The link to my @EM_Theatre Twitter account for my website, next to this blog post will hopefully help to keep readers informed too.

Saturday, 19 December 2015

As you might imagine November and December have been rather hectic in terms of theatre and festive show reviewing as well as promoting events through www.eastmidlandstheatre.com. In early January 2016 I have been invited to Nottingham Playhouse to do an hour long talk to the Encore over 50s group about my theatre reviewing and theatre writing experiences. I am looking forward to that.

Here is a rough roundup of the reviews I have written since early November to the present date. I have also written an interview with actress Rebecca Little for Sardines magazine about her continuing presence in the annual Playhouse Pantomime. This will be published in the January edition.

Monday, 9 November 2015

As you can see from the side bar and @EM_Theatre live twitter feed things have been very busy for me chezEast Midlands Theatre! My original intention in the last blog post on this blog was simply to copy my reviews on to here. However, I have decided it would make much more sense, rather than duplicate, to feature the reviews through links and to add in some content about my great news items.

With one exception here are the reviews I have written and posted in the last few weeks.

Sunday, 18 October 2015

I have some great news in that I have recently put together a brand new website using Wordpress dedicated to professional theatre in the East Midlands. Presently that would cover places I can get to on public transport and those include Derby, Nottingham and Leicester.

The purpose of the website is for sharing news, reviews and interviews from across the East Midlands all in one place East Midlands Theatre. All of my reviews will be copied to this blog so that my regular readers (and it seems there are quite a lot of you at over 3500 hits a month!) can still get their theatre reviewing fix.

Connected with this website is a new Twitter account @EM_Theatre. Do feel free to follow it and spread the word. Many thanks, Phil Lowe.

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Professional writing

Phil Lowe has contributed articles and reviews to The Big Issue, Sardines Magazine, The Derby Evening Telegraph, Nottingham Live, The Public Reviews and The Boards Theatre Magazine as well as regular theatre reviews and promotions on this blog. Commissioned enquiries welcomed. Contact Phil at phillming@aol.com.

Professional endorsements:

"It's been great to have Phil Lowe join us as part of The Big Issue UK's arts reviewing team. His writing is knowledgeable and thorough, and I appreciate his proactive, professional approach, particularly when a quick turn-around is required for a tight deadline." The Big Issue.

“Philip has been a guest on my Sunday Morning Show on Nottingham Hospitals Radio and turned out to be not only very knowledgeable on the subject of theatre but an incredibly nice guy. So much so that I'm pleased to say that I always look out for Phil when I am out and about in my role as a theatre reviewer, just for a good chat and to compare opinions." Kev Castle

"Phil has a highly skilled, articulate style; methodical and well-researched in his approach. Phil's writing technique is adaptable across a broad spectrum of publications. Having worked with Phil on numerous occasions at Nottingham Playhouse, Phil has always met my expectations and never failed to deliver on commissioned pieces of work. I would encourage any Marketing/ Communications team in an Arts venue to use Phil Lowe as a freelance writer/reviewer." Jo McLeish. The Media Room.

“Hi Phil, thanks so much for your review ofRhapsody, Magic of Queen. It is a really comprehensive, interesting and well written review, letter perfect on names etc. We wish other people took as much trouble and did as much research to get it all right. A BIG thank you from us and we hope that our paths get to cross another time.” Sarah and David Clarke – Rhapsody management.

“As one of Sardines magazine’s top journalists, Phil Lowe contributes regular well-received articles ranging from celebrity cover stories to specially compiled features such as our recent First World War Centenary special. In the magazine publishing industry, professionalism, creativity and efficiency are of paramount importance – thankfully Phil has all three in abundance.”

Paul JohnsonEditor-in-Chief

"Phil, through his many roles in profiling and supporting the arts, is a fantastic and much valued contact for us at Derby Theatre. He engages with, and invests in, all strands of our work through conducting interviews and writing previews, blogs and reviews. He is also an active participant and audience member - his experiences from which also feed in to the positive profile he provides us with. When conducting interviews with actors, directors, writers etc. he is always thoroughly professional, prepared and always extremely courteous to his interviewees. Thank you, Phil for being an immense support and ambassador for Derby Theatre and the arts in the region."

Heidi McKenzie (Press & Marketing Officer, Derby Theatre)

"Phil Lowe is passionate and knowledgeable about the arts. With sound research and an eye for detail, as well as the ability to place his writing, he brings the 'story' into a much wider arts context. His work has driven audience interest to Midland Academy of Dance and Drama and to Flamenco Edition. These are two clients whose profiles continue to grow in the sector thanks to Philip's balanced and well thought out coverage."

Simon Harper PR.

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Phil Lowe actor/writer

Hi, my name's Phil Lowe. I am a theatre writer and actor. This blog contains an on-going record of my theatre and show reviews mainly in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. I write for Nottingham Live and Sardines magazine as well as The Review Hub (formerly The Public Reviews) and independently for this blog. I am a also a playwright.